This little monster is the Skoda-built 305mm mortar produced for the Czech army in the interwar years. A total of 17 such mortars were in service when Czechoslovakia was occupied by the Germans, who immediately pressed the 305 mm into service under the designation 30.5 cm Morser. An additional six of the mortars were captured in Yugoslavia and also saw service on the Eastern Front under the designation 638(j). Photo taken in 1938.
Чехословацкие солдаты бегут по траншее во время учений [2]
Чехословацкие солдаты бегут по траншее во время учений. Солдаты в шлемах vz. 32. и с перекинутыми через плечо на ремнях металическими гильзами для противогаза vz. 23. Солдаты вооружены винтовками vz. 24 (модификация немецкой магазинной винтовки Mauser 98). Только на этой фотографии.
Slovak Soldiers parading in Bratislava. Slovakia was declared independent shortly before the beginning of WW2 and joined Germany in the invasion of Poland and the USSR. In 1944, a Slovak nationalist uprising led to a German invasion. Eventually, Slovakia rejoined the Czechs to form eastern bloc Czechoslovakia.
[Photo] President Edvard Beneš of Czechoslovakia, circa 1942
[Photo] President Edvard Beneš of Czechoslovakia, circa 1942 | World War II Database
Life October 3 1938
Life October 3 1938
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
A look at the dismemberment and occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938.
1938 Girls Give Refreshments Czech Soldiers Leaving Train Orig Press Photo
1938- Czech soldiers receiving refreshments as they prepare to leave Prague by train.
Czechoslovak soldiers patrolling the town of Krásná Lípa (German: Schönlinde) in the Sudeten Region, September 1938.